Conservative activists say that declaring a national emergency would allow Trump to assert sweeping authority over elections. They're wrong.

Conspiracy theories about 2020 fraud are being dredged up again as pretext for consolidating federal control over elections.

A review of Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis, “Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department” (Penguin Press, 2025).

Like the proverbial stopped clock, even a partisan regulator is occasionally right.

So-called converse 1983 statutes are percolating in statehouses across the country and could fill a critical constitutional gap.

Selected quotations from recent federal court orders.

Senator Grassley’s account of how and why the FBI investigated Trump’s role in the false electors plot is a feat of political conspiracy. 

A roundup of foreign policy and national security statements from Trump’s second address to Congress since taking office again.

Ten questions that will condition the next several months of American life.